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How to turn off router network discovery feature?

I've seen this feature in Ubiquiti routers where you can do this so you can have guests connect to it and not see any other computer or device on the network (especially in cases where you might have a domain controller or server with sensitive data).

From the OP. +1 to what @taz420nj said...guest SSID not isolation mode. If the OP wants all WiFi isolated...that's what Asus isolation mode can provide. I have tested this on my AC66U. If he wants a guest wireless network that cannot access the LAN then the OP wants to enable a guest network. Pretty simple.
 
modern routers have multiple SSID's and each one has isolation options, guest or not. between my two routers i can have 10 SSID's, with 4 of them being guests and put isolation on any of them.
 
modern routers have multiple SSID's and each one has isolation options, guest or not. between my two routers i can have 10 SSID's, with 4 of them being guests and put isolation on any of them.

You might wanna add "some" or even "many" to the beginning of that sentence... ;)

Don't want folks thinking they can go out and buy any modern router and have all the independent adjustment options for isolation on guest and internal SSIDs do we? I've seen and still see plenty of home-grade routers that don't allow for isolation options on internal wireless networks which is no big deal for most. Better yet though, I see plenty that don't allow more than simply enabling a guest network and adding a password to it, with 0 isolation options so hosts can see each other on a guest network...lame!

Thankfully many use a separate subnet for the guest network to keep it separate from LAN, but it's a free-for-all for all hosts that join the guest network lol. It's quite sad when folks pay so much for crap without knowing any better and then I gotta tell em' to take it back or buy something worth a damn because they ignorantly spent their money on the shiniest wanna-be bug-router. :roll:
 
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